Planter and fertilizer-dropper.



J. TUGGLB. PLANTEB AND FERTILIZER DBOPPER. APPLIGATIO! 11.21) DBO. 2a, 1907.

' Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

6mm I JOHN TUGGLE, or WATERTOWN, TENNESSEE.

I PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DROPPERL To all' zclzom it may concern:

Be'it known that. 1, JOHN TL'GGLE, a citi- .zen of'the United States, residing at Watertown, in the county of Wilson and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Planter and Fertilizer-Dropper, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has relation to planter and fertilizer droppers and it consists in the novel construction and arrangemel'it of its parts 7 as hereinafter shown and described. i

The object of the invention is to provide a planter of the charactcrindicated w llCll may 0 attached to a plow or other furrow opener and which is designed to deposit seed and fortilizer in the furrow and cover the same. The planter consists of two beams one of .which is adapted to be adjusta-bly attached to the. furrow opener. An axle is journaled for rotation at the rear ends of the beams and a hopper is pivotally mounted at its sides upon the beams. The hopper is provided withspring actuated interchangeable slides.

which are adapted to separate the material which is ejected from the hopper and means is mounted upon the; axle for operating the slides. A11 earthcastiug disk is also mounted upon the said axle as is also a traction means which engages the round and causes the axle to rotate as the pianter moves over the surface of the grounr In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a top plan view of the planter. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same cut on the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a ortion of the axle and the rear ends of the Sll( es.

The planter consists of the beams 1 and 2. The beam 1 is adapted to be attached at its forward end to any convenient part of a plow or furrow opener of usual construction, while the beam 2 is adapted to be adjustably attached to the said plow or furrow opener. The hopper 3 is pivoted at the point 4 to the beams 1 and 2 and rests upon the said beams.

Said hopper is provided at its forward side with the outlets 5 under which is located the chute 6. The slides 7 are adapted to move longitudinally along the bottom of the hop per 3 and are provided at intermediate adapted to engage the front side of the hop- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 28, 1907. Serial No. 408,442.

Patented Sept. 22, 1908, A

" per 3 and limit the rearward movement of the said slides. The rear ends of the slides 7 are provided with the hooks 10 the ends of which are forwardly disposed. The flat springs 11 are attached at their up er ends to the upper portion of the rear sic e of the hopper 3 and are convcxly bowed and extend down and are provided at their lower ends wit-h the openings 12 which receive the books 10. The springs 11 are under tension with a tendency to maintain the hooks 10 as far as possible away from the rearside of the h ppcr 3. The pedals 13 are slidablymount-.

0( upon the springs 1 l and normally lie upon the hooks 10, although the said pedals may be moved up and lodged upon the convex portions of 1 to said springs. The axle 14 is journalcd for rotation in the rear ends of the beams 1 and 2 which are provided with elongated openings or bearings 15 for the recep tion of the said axle. The lugs 16 are at tached to the intermediate portion of the axle 14 and are adapted to engage the pedals 13 when in their normal positions. The concaved disk 17 is fixed to one end ofthe axle 14 while the aotiniform traction element 18 is attached to the other end of the axle 14.

moved along the surface of the ground the axle 14 will be rotated through theinstru mentality of the member 18 which is in engagement with the ground. As the said axle rotates the lugs 16 engage the pedals 13 and move the slide 7 longitudinally against the tension of the springs l1,thus, the openings S in the said slides are moved along the bottom of the hopper 3 until they pass over the openings 5. The seed or fertilizer which is contained within the openings 8 falls through the openings 5 into the chute 6 from whence itpasses into the furrow which has been opened by the plow to which the planter is attached. lVhen the ends of the ugs 16 pass below the lower ends of the pedals 13 the tension of the springs 11 comes into play and the slides 7 are quickly carried back into their original positions.

It will also be seen that by removing the pins 9 that the slides 7 may be removed from the hopper 3 and other slides having larger or smaller openings 8 may be inserted in their stead. Thus, the hopper may be provided with slides adapted to feed any particular kind of seed or character of fertilizer.

The connection between the rear ends of the said slides and the lower ends of the springs 11 1s such as to facilitate ready attachment and detachment between the said elements. l-Vhen it is desired that any one of the slides 7 should remain stationary the pedal 13 mounted upon the spring 11 which is conopeners that the said beam 2 may be moved longitudinally with relation to the beam 1..

nected with the particular slide 7 is moved up along the spring 11 and 1S lodged'u'pon the convex portion thereof in the manner as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thus, 5 as the said pedal 13 is removed from the path of the lug 16 the said slide 7 'moved longitudinally, thereby.

will not be It will also be seen that the hopper 3 may be provided with a partition 10 which will divide the said hopper into compartments for holding dill'erent kinds of seed or seed and fertilizer and that the parts may be so arranged as to drop dillerent kinds of seedsimultaneously or seed and fertilizer simulta-' neously or at alternate intervals. After the materialis deposited in-the furrow it is cov ered by earth which is east laterally by the eoncaved disk 17 as it rot-ates. Provision is made for varying the angle of inclination of the disk 17 with relation to the line of draft in order that the said disk may cast a great or sma-llamount of earth as desired. This is accomplished by providing an adjustable attachme t for the beam 2 with the furrow Thus, the axle 14 may be swung from a position at arigl 1; angle to the line of draft into a the seed covering diskthe seed may be covill be moved correspondingly.

i arse so that the parts of ered with more or less earth as desired or conditions may require.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is;

1. A planter having a dropping mechanism, an axlejournaled for rotation and carr ing means for operating the dropping mecl1- anism, a side delivery earth casting disk mounted upon the axle and a traction means also mountedupon the axle,

'2. A planter having a dropping meehanism, an axle journaled for rotation and carr i J a ing means for operating the dropping met-lb anism, means firrvarying the angle of the axle with relation to the line of draft, a side the axle and a traction means also upon the axle." 1 V H 3. A'plantcr comprising a hopper having means for attachment with a furrow opener, a dropping mechanism carried by the hopper, a spring engaging the dropping mechanism, a pedal slidably mounted upon said spring, a rotating means engaging said pedal and-a coverer carried by the planter. .1

4. In combination with a hopper a slide mounted for longitudinal movement therein, a hook mounted upon said slide, a spring attached to the hopper and having an opening which receives said hook, means for moving mount-ed a detachable means for limiting t removement of the slide in the line of movement of c the sprmm, v e '1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as any own, I havehereto alhxed my signati re 80 ,in' the presence of two witnesses. i

f v JOHN 'IUGGLIL \Vitnesses: vL

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